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LilMikeSF<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a> Superior Court <a href="https://c.im/tags/Judge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judge</span></a> rejects <a href="https://c.im/tags/Cupertino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cupertino</span></a> based <a href="https://c.im/tags/AppleComputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppleComputer</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> efforts to stifle female <a href="https://c.im/tags/employee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>employee</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuit</span></a> over alleged illegal <a href="https://c.im/tags/SexDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SexDiscrimination</span></a>. </p><p>A female employee discovered a male colleague’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/TaxReturn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxReturn</span></a> form that showed him making $10k more for performing the same job title, a violation of California's landmark <a href="https://c.im/tags/EqualPayAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EqualPayAct</span></a> . Another <a href="https://c.im/tags/litigant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>litigant</span></a> hired a third party firm to investigate her <a href="https://c.im/tags/WageClaims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WageClaims</span></a> and proved she was receiving less pay than male colleagues, and when Apple agreed to her raise, refused her any <a href="https://c.im/tags/BackPay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackPay</span></a> for the years during which she was consistently paid less than men performing similar work.</p><p>The court found <a href="https://c.im/tags/Plaintiffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plaintiffs</span></a> had sufficiently alleged that Apple’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/salary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>salary</span></a> decisions were made in a centralized location pursuant to a <a href="https://c.im/tags/chauvinistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chauvinistic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/employment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>employment</span></a> compensation scheme that clearly perpetuates pay disparities due to <a href="https://c.im/tags/GenderBias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenderBias</span></a>.</p><p>The lawsuit could receive <a href="https://c.im/tags/ClassAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassAction</span></a> status as there are more than 12,000 female <a href="https://c.im/tags/APPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APPL</span></a> employees in <a href="https://c.im/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> potentially impacted by secret pact under ultimate leadership of <a href="https://c.im/tags/TimCook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimCook</span></a> and cabal of other misogynistic policy enforcing execs. </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Plaintiff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plaintiff</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/legalteam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legalteam</span></a> include lawyers from three firms: Altshuler Berzon LLP, Cohen Milstein Sellers &amp; Toll PLLC, and Outten &amp; Golden LLP.</p><p><a href="https://www.law.com/therecorder/2025/01/22/california-court-denies-apples-motion-to-strike-allegations-in-gender-bias-class-action-/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">law.com/therecorder/2025/01/22</span><span class="invisible">/california-court-denies-apples-motion-to-strike-allegations-in-gender-bias-class-action-/</span></a></p>
parvXtl<p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Apple_corp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple_corp</span></a> punishes <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> for same behaviors that get men promoted, <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuit</span></a> says: Apple could owe thousands in <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/backPay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>backPay</span></a> to 12,000 female employees, 20240614,<br>by Ashley B,<br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/apple-deliberately-pays-women-less-than-men-lawsuit-says/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20</span><span class="invisible">24/06/apple-deliberately-pays-women-less-than-men-lawsuit-says/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/genderPayGap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genderPayGap</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/payGap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>payGap</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/hostileWorkEnvironment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hostileWorkEnvironment</span></a></p>
Maggie Maybe<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@luckytran" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>luckytran</span></a></span> I don’t have difficulty seeing wearing glasses, but I have difficulty obtaining glasses if I don’t have enough money to have an eye exam and to then purchase the glasses. </p><p>This is way for them to say you’re not disabled if you can’t figure out how to take care of your health with $0 income.</p><p>I complain a lot about how it took me more than three years to get payments from the <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> after applying for <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a>. </p><p>But the more egregious problem is that when I finally was approved they moved my disability date from the date of the accident that caused it to the date I was able to start seeing doctors again once I obtained health insurance, so I lost a year and a half of backpay because they claimed I was not disabled because I was not under continuous care of a physician, because I had $0 income (because I was disabled) and I had no health insurance (because it was tied to the job I could not work). </p><p>Then once I was finally to obtain <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> (after fighting with the state who claimed I wasn’t disabled because I might be able to work if I had spine surgery that I couldn’t have with $0 dollars and no insurance), it took a while to find specialists who would accept Medicaid. Then I had to sit on their waitlist and then wait for an appointment. </p><p>Once I was finally able to have that appointment then I was considered disabled. </p><p>They successfully avoided paying me approximately $21,600 in <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/backpay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>backpay</span></a> by doing that. And I let it happen because I was so desperate for regular monthly income I couldn’t even care about that.</p>
Raku.Anarchy<p><a href="https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/study-32000-twin-cities-area-workers-illegally-paid-less-than-minimum-wage/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">minnesotareformer.com/briefs/s</span><span class="invisible">tudy-32000-twin-cities-area-workers-illegally-paid-less-than-minimum-wage/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/reparations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reparations</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/backPay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>backPay</span></a></p>
John<p><a href="https://www.workersrights.org/communications-to-affiliates/new-wrc-report-reinstatement-back-pay-and-safety-improvements-at-collegiate-supplier/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">workersrights.org/communicatio</span><span class="invisible">ns-to-affiliates/new-wrc-report-reinstatement-back-pay-and-safety-improvements-at-collegiate-supplier/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://union.place/tags/bangladesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bangladesh</span></a>: injured workers win medical expenses, <a href="https://union.place/tags/severance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>severance</span></a> pay, <a href="https://union.place/tags/BackPay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackPay</span></a></p><p><a href="https://union.place/tags/WRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WRC</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/NiagaraTextiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NiagaraTextiles</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/CutterAndBuck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CutterAndBuck</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/NewWaveGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewWaveGroup</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassWar</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Union</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unions</span></a></p>
Peter V. Tretter ✅ 🇨🇦<p>Ontario employers failed to pay out $9M in owed wages in 2021, data suggests <a href="https://bit.ly/3Q6Ts39" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bit.ly/3Q6Ts39</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Employers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Employers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BackPay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackPay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoneyOwed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyOwed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Employees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Employees</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/ontariogreens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ontariogreens</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/onpoli" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>onpoli</span></a></span></p>
ReverendRef<p>So I just found out that General Convention passed a resolution in 2008 dealing with lay/clergy parity. In short, lay employees receive the same benefits as clergy. This is a good thing. However, I Just Found Out.</p><p>This has opened up a whole can of uncomfortable worms.</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/BudgetIssues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BudgetIssues</span></a><br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/BackPay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackPay</span></a><br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/OtherThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OtherThings</span></a></p>